May 12, 2005

I got home and it looked like the UPS man had been. Funny, I didn’t remember ordering anything that large recently. It was two cases of aviation oil, some regular Exxon mineral oil for break in, and some Exxon Elite for normal running. I didn’t notice one case was mineral oil at first, so I figured Cameron or Mike had ordered some extra oil and had it sent to me to take advantage of some special deal or something. The next day, I got an e-mail from Mahlon at Mattituck letting me know I should be receiving some oil for our new engine! Sweet! I already got it thanks! A pleasant surprise.

So far, I’ve been extremely impressed and happy with the guys at Mattituck. They have been great. I have seen a lot of posts on various forums on the web from Mahlon Russel, and he’s a very knowledgable guy. He’s also been at Mattituck for a long, long time! I can’t remember whether he said 20 years or 30 years at Sun n Fun. I suspect it was 30 years because I remember making a comment about him being there for half the total life of the company! Mahlon was a big influence on where we bought our engine, not because of him telling me, “Buy from us!”, because he didn’t. All the Mattituck guys are up front and honest about what they sell and do. They’re a certified shop for building XP-360’s from Superior too, so they know those engines and praise them highly. Our engine will have a lot a Superior parts in it by the time it’s finished. Basically, Mattituck tells you your options and let’s you make up your own mind, and I liked that a lot. If you’re at a point where you’re trying to figure out your engine choices, give Mattituck a real close look.